My favourite thing to do on a Saturday morning is to watch whatever is on TV and the past few weeks I've been watching NBC's Fashion Star on channel Eleven. It's an American reality show about fashion designers trying to sell their designs to 3 major fashion stores. It's a good show and a great concept thats quite interesting. I've watched the past few episodes and kind of getting into it, so you can understand my little burst of excitement this morning when I turned on the TV and the show was on.
That little bubble of excitement burst very quickly when I realised that it was a repeat and not only was it a repeat it's a "Special Encore Presentation." Meaning they are repeating all the episodes they've aired to date plus the one that was supposed to air, afterwards.
WTF? This show has been on air for no more that 4 weeks and it's already doing a special encore presentation. Now I am no genuis but wouldn't you want to finish the season first then maybe do a Special Encore Presentation? And why even do a special encore presentation? The show is good but not that good where it deserves a special encore presentation.
What pisses me off though is, the loyal viewers who make plans to watch this show at the set time by the Ten Network only to find out there is a 'Special Encore Presentation' of the episodes they've seen and then they'll play the new episode at 2:30 in the afternoon for you. Cause in Ten's eyes if you're watching TV on Saturday morning there is a good chance you will be watching TV all the way into the middle of the afternoon.
Bad programming by Channel Ten / Eleven. Really bad... but hey who cares about the Saturday morning viewers?
Once again, bad Australian TV.
So I was watching Winner & Losers trying to find something funny to write about when low and behold an ad for Channels 7’s Sunday Night aired.... When Molly Met Katy.
Video below. I should warn you... This is his first interview since the accident and the voice over will freak you out.
I love TV, I really love TV... but I can also hate it at times and when I hate something I love complaining and bitching about it so I’ve decided to blog about it.
I’ve been watching the small screen for over 30 years, I have seen many full seasons of many different kinds of shows, recorded most of those shows on VHS and watched them over and over again. I even knew the TV guide by heart and made sure I was home to watch my favourite show. And that’s where lies the problem.
My fave show aren't on TV anymore. It’s just repetitive reality TV, crappy produced Australian dramas and the shitty America shows that Foxtel don’t want.
But don’t get me wrong it's not just about having a go at Australia TV, it’s also about praising the good stuff and having fun with TV.... cause TV was once a upon a time was fun.
